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One of the main challenges of the Corridor are the different track gauges. France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary feature the 1435 mm standard UIC gauge, whereas in Spain, the standard gauge (used on the high-speed lines) coexists with the Iberian gauge 1668 mm on the large part of the remaining network. Currently, Spain is expanding the UIC gauge along the Rail Freight Corridor 6 (RFC6) as well. In Spain, several projects listed in the Spanish implementation plan aim at solving this issue on most of the conventional lines of the Corridor, mainly by upgrading to mixed gauge, either through a third rail or a new track (e.g. Valencia-Port of Tarragona- Castellbisbal), and partly by establishing new UIC gauge lines. In addition, several Spanish projects have been proposed in order to provide standard gauge access to some logistics and rail freight facilities along the Corridor. Among these projects are the project “Barcelona Port land accessibility and connections” (code 3806), the project “Developing and upgrading freight rail road terminal in Barcelona Can Tunis Terminal” (code 3830). Additional projects aim at providing the standard gauge for rail sections, such as the global project "Implementation of the standard track gauge between Castellbisbal (Barcelona) and Almería” and the project “Bobadilla - Villaverde Bajo - Implementation of UIC track gauge”. In this case, the adaptation to UIC of the related rail connections will allow an increase of the share of freight rail vis-à-vis road in the short term all along the two main sections of the Mediterranean corridor. ERTMS-ETCS is deployed only on high-speed lines in Spain and Italy, as well as on some short cross-border sections between Spain and France and between Hungary and Slovenia. A train length of 740 m is only allowed in France and on half of the Hungarian network as well as and on small part of Spanish and Slovenian networks. On the rest of the Corridor, various train length restrictions apply, allowing a train length between 400m and 700m. The Corridor's railway infrastructure allows the required axle load of 22.5 t on all of the sections in Spain, Italy and Croatia, while in France, Hungary and Slovenia 3 limitations still exist on some sections. In France, on some sections the axle load is restricted to 17 t, but these sections are used for passenger services only. In Hungary and Slovenia, several interventions on rail sections are planned which aim at resolving these physical bottlenecks. The required minimum line speed of 100 km/h for freight lines is achieved in Spain, France, Italy (except on the existing cross-border sections), Hungary, on about 41% of the rail sections in Slovenia and in some sections in Croatia. 3 Axle load of 22.5 tons/axle is provided on 88.1% of the railway network on the MED corridor in Slovenia. 8
The table below gives an overview of the compliance rate as regards rail. Parameter 4 Electrification Track gauge 1435mm ERTMS implementation Line speed>=100km/h Axle load (>=22.5t) Train length (740m) Rail technical parameters Requirement Electrified rail network km as a proportion (%) of CNC rail network km Standard (1435mm) track gauge as a proportion (%) of CNC rail network km Length of Permanent Operation (excluding operational test lines) of both ERTMS and GSM-R on rail network, as a proportion (%) of CNC rail network km Length of freight and combined line with allowing for a maximum operating speed greater than or equal to 100 km/h, as a proportion (%) of CNC rail network km without load restriction Length of Freight and combined line with a permitted axle load greater than or equal to 22.5 tonnes, as a proportion (%) of CNC rail network km Length of freight and combined line with a permitted train length greater than or equal to 740m, as a proportion of CNC rail network km 2015 92% 72% 13% 92% 76% 23% Table 2 – Rail technical parameters (source TENtec) Road The total length of the road network included in the Mediterranean Corridor is about 5500 km, with Spain covering more than 50% of the entire Corridor. As regards the parameter “Motorway or Express roads” only a few sections are not motorways such as the Hungarian section close to the Ukrainian border. The table below shows the compliance rate of the Mediterranean Corridor's roads. Parameter Express road/ motorway Availability of clean fuels (stations) Road technical parameters Requirement Road network km classified as motorway or express road, as a proportion (%) of CNC road section km. Number of fuel stations offering plug-in electricity, hydrogen, liquid biofuels, LNG/CNG, bio-methane or LPG along CNC road sections or within 10km from its junctions. 2014 2015 95% 98% 259 259 4 KPI calculation for line speed, axle load and train length includes rail lines that serve passenger traffic. 9
Page 1 and 2: DECEMBER 2016 Mediterranean Second
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